Snooker hall killer suspect found dead

A suspect in the murder and attempted murder of two women who were battered in a savage attack at a snooker hall has been found dead, Scotland Yard said today.

Robert Alleyne, 36, was found hanging from a bannister at a friend's home in Southall, west London, yesterday at 11.30am.

Anne Cypher, 42, died of a fractured skull after being bludgeoned with a blunt instrument at the Players Snooker Club in Wandsworth, south-west London, early on Sunday.

A 32-year-old mother-of-two who was left for dead in the same attack is critically ill in hospital. Police have not named her.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A man police had been seeking in connection with their inquiries into the murder of Anne Cypher at the Players Snooker Club in Wandsworth has been found dead at an address in Southall.

"He was discovered by a friend of the occupants of the house hanging from a bannister at 11.30am.

"He was subsequently identified as 36-year-old Robert Alleyne. A post-mortem yesterday established the cause of death as suspension.

"The families of the deceased woman and the injured victim are being informed."